Speaking & Workshops
Speaking
& Workshops
Matthew Delmore speaks from a foundation that most brand strategy speakers cannot offer: direct, personal experience of building a credible professional identity under genuine scrutiny, using the exact principles he teaches.
His keynotes, panels, fireside conversations, and workshops are specific enough to apply, honest enough to trust, and grounded enough to hold up when the situation is difficult.
Direct Answer
What does Matthew Delmore speak about?
Matthew Delmore speaks on brand strategy, purpose-driven business, personal branding for founders and leaders, and authentic professional reinvention. He delivers customised keynotes, panel contributions, fireside conversations, team workshops, and facilitated brand strategy sessions for entrepreneurial communities, leadership audiences, brand teams, professional associations, and transition programmes.
Speaking Topics
Brand Strategy — Building Brands That Actually Work
Matthew speaks on what brand strategy actually is, why most businesses get it wrong, and what separates brands that build genuine audience trust from brands that look polished but fail to connect. The talk covers positioning, messaging, the relationship between identity and strategy, and the commercial case for purpose-driven brand building.
Best suited to: Entrepreneurial communities, founder audiences, marketing teams, and business conferences.
Purpose-Driven Business — What It Actually Means
This talk cuts through the surface-level version of purpose-driven business to deliver a commercially grounded account of what building around genuine purpose requires and what it produces. It distinguishes purpose that is lived from purpose that is simply performed for marketing.
Best suited to: Leadership audiences, entrepreneurial communities, corporate teams, and purpose-focused conferences.
Personal Branding for Founders and Leaders
Matthew's personal branding talk moves beyond content calendars to address the foundational question of what a professional brand actually stands for. It explains how founders and leaders can build credibility and commercial leverage around an identity that is genuinely continuous with their values.
Best suited to: Founder communities, executive programmes, professional associations, and transition programmes.
Reinvention and Authentic Identity
This talk addresses what genuine professional reinvention requires: clarity of self-understanding, the honesty that makes a new identity sustainable, and the strategic discipline that makes it commercially effective. It is grounded in Matthew's transition from professional basketball to marketing strategy and brand consulting.
Best suited to: Athlete transition programmes, professional development events, leadership conferences, and entrepreneurial communities.
Speaking Formats
Keynote Address
Keynotes run from 20 to 60 minutes and are developed around a central argument, a specific audience context, and a clear outcome. Standard presentations delivered unchanged from event to event are not offered.
Panel Discussions and Fireside Conversations
Matthew brings a clear, well-reasoned perspective to panels and engages with moderators in a structured but conversational format that allows the personal story behind the professional thinking to emerge.
Team Workshops and Facilitated Sessions
Workshops turn the brand strategy thinking into practical application for a team. Available as half-day or full-day sessions, they can cover positioning, messaging, purpose and values, personal brand, or a live brand audit.
Remote Presentations
All formats are available via video conference with the same quality of preparation, customisation, and directness as an in-person engagement.
What Makes the Speaking Different
Grounded in Direct Experience
Matthew has applied the principles he teaches under real conditions. He has built his own brand, made the career transition he speaks about, and developed a credible professional identity where the stakes of getting it wrong were high.
Challenges Rather Than Confirms
His talks challenge assumptions about brand strategy, purpose-driven business, personal branding, and professional reinvention. The goal is not contrarianism; it is a more accurate and useful understanding that changes the next decision.
Specific Direction, Not Motivational Inspiration
Every talk delivers frameworks, questions, and standards the audience can apply. The intended outcome is not momentary enthusiasm but one specific thing people will do differently when they return to their work.
Who Books Matthew to Speak
Entrepreneurial Communities and Founder Events
Founder networks, startup communities, accelerator programmes, and entrepreneurial conferences value Matthew's directness and firsthand understanding of building a business.
Leadership and Executive Development
Leadership programmes book Matthew for his work on purpose-driven business, authentic identity, and personal brand strategy, where commercial rigour and personal honesty matter.
Brand and Marketing Teams
Teams working on positioning, messaging, and brand strategy use talks as an external perspective and workshops as a way to apply the thinking directly to their own challenges.
Athletic and Professional Transition Programmes
Matthew's experience moving from professional sport to brand consulting makes his reinvention and authentic identity work particularly relevant to people entering a new professional chapter.
What to Expect When You Book
Every engagement begins with a conversation about the event, audience, format, and specific outcome the organiser is trying to produce. From there, the topic, angle, and format are confirmed and the content is developed for that context.
Matthew does not deliver standard presentations unchanged regardless of who is in the room. Preparation includes a review of the audience's context, a briefing with the organiser, and the development of a specific content direction that will be most valuable for that group at that moment.
To discuss a speaking engagement or workshop, include the event format, audience, date, and specific topic or challenge you want the engagement to address.
Common Questions
What is Matthew Delmore's speaking style?
Direct, specific, and grounded. Matthew speaks with a clear argument, specific evidence, honest acknowledgement of difficulty, and practical direction audiences can apply.
How far in advance should we book?
For major keynote engagements, six to eight weeks is recommended so the talk can be genuinely customised. Smaller events, panels, and workshops may be accommodated on shorter timelines depending on availability.
Is Matthew available for international engagements?
Yes. Matthew is available internationally in person and remotely. Travel requirements and logistics are discussed during the booking process.
Can a workshop be customised around our brand challenges?
Yes. Customisation is standard. Every workshop begins with a briefing to establish the group's specific objectives, questions, and outcomes.
How do we start the booking process?
Contact Matthew with the event format, audience, date, topic, and the specific outcomes you want the engagement to produce.